Misplaced quotation marks
Don't write
Microsoft "Secure Boot"
when in reality it should be written as
Microsoft "Secure" Boot
Posts by Rene Schickbauer
11 publicly visible posts • joined 9 Sep 2008
Bungling Microsoft singlehandedly proves that golden backdoor keys are a terrible idea
Open trucker comms lets Shodan snoops alter routes, tap CANs buses.
Tuesday 8th March 2016 12:39 GMT
eBay: Used bus, 1 owner, free delivery,...
"We will deliver the Bus to an address of your choosing. Due to business reason, our driver hasn't been informed yet that this is his last delivery and will be fired upon arrival.
Upon payment, we will send to the relevant document by email from human resources for you to hand over to the driver on delivery of the bus."
Superfish 2.0 worsens: Dell's dodgy security certificate is an unkillable zombie
Voyager's Golden Record now free to download
Google spaffs $50 MILLION on 'get girls coding' campaign
Friday 20th June 2014 16:36 GMT
A more honest way of announcing open jobs
Why not just say something like "Well, coding is a relatively future proof job. If you can write programs reasonable well, we don't care if you're female, male or a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. As long as you look like you can get the job done, we will hire you on the spot, because we really need more people to make our stuff actually work."
Google's self-driving car breakthrough: Stop sign no longer a problem
Wednesday 30th April 2014 07:20 GMT
Re: @JDX
> Now try checking out some of the video clips of driving in Russia or, even better, what about this traffic in India. How do you think it will cope with that?!
Now, thats easy. Here's some pseudo-code:
while(1) {
if(location == 'India') {
honk();
speed=2; // kmh
} else {
drive_normally();
}
}
LOHAN turns up the heat on Vulture 2 motor
Wednesday 22nd August 2012 14:27 GMT 
Timed pre-ignition heating
You already have some sort of timing/computing system onboard to launch the rocket at the right moment, right?
Why not let the rocket cool to whatever temperature it will go, and then a few minutes before ignition, connect the heater to, let's say, a 9 Volt block battery via a transistor or relay. That way you don't need much power, you can probably save the weight of (most) of the insulation and the complexity keeps relatively low.
In my mind, it doesn't matter if the rocket temperature drops very low during ascent, as long as you can get it to reasonable temps just before ignition. And i doubt you get it insulated enough that preheating on the ground will make any difference.
BOFH: Defiling the profile
Friday 27th March 2009 13:34 GMT 
Smooth :-)
BOFH goes Web2.0. Guess that's the modern version of installing a hacked login script into user accounts - except getting creative with Facebook is (still) legal ;-)
But i have to admit, it doesn't beat stories like getting the user to put his pot plant ontop of his computer, connect to to the neon lights and water it real good.
Or have to user move the emergency exit signs away from the door and then turn off the lights and sound the fire alarm.
Vatican vetos 'dot god' domain
Gas refineries at Defcon 1 as SCADA exploit goes wild
Tuesday 9th September 2008 09:13 GMT 
Impossible updates
In many cases, it's next to impossible to update production automation systems. There is always the question of how much does it cost when something brakes because of the update.
Also, production lines often run ten to fifteen years, getting support and/or replacement parts is often difficult if not next to impossible.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
